The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-16

Rapidly ~ Palatka has grown, her pros
poets for the near future are such as to
usjtify the most saneuine expectations
Her position with reference to the rich
est fields of the State ID unequaled and
will always ensure her . certain measure
OF Importance by virtue Of peculiar nat
ural advantages. But in the near future
she will become railroad center, and
will thus be certain Of . pre-eminence
which would have surprised her warm
eat admirers before the prosperity If
South Florida and its marvellous increase
in wealth and population had become an
assured fact. Four railroads have al
ready made Palatka the most important
point Of their business. and within the
year We shall have at least three more.
The sections traversed by these lines are
already thickly settled and the future Of
an immense traffic IL already assured.
We have the terminus Of the longest
railway system in the State-One Of the
best equipped broad guage roads in the
South is pushing its way to the south and
east-to the Halifax hammocks and
down the coast y fine road il passing on
to new cOnquests on the gains q q bust
ness which il wonderful to experienced.
financers from lands Of slower growth
our tourists are given line prepared ex-
pressly for their use to st. Augustine,
and we are linked to the east and west by
the j., 7. & X. w. and the F. r. 4 N.
Let us remember too that the broad St
Johns rolls its tributary waves at her feet,
that the wealth Of the famous Ocklawa-
ha valley seeks here its natural outlet,
and that through Deep, river and Lake
Crescent, Palatka is hound to q land
which il still one Of promise only because
the richest groves and gardens can not yet
transform much Of its fairsst hopes into
the things OF beauty represented by dol
lars in hard cash.
On the Blended bow which is her seat of
sovereignty. Palatka draws her robes
about her and the shimmering river rolls
its quiet flood around the hem OF her
garment. Winding through field and
forest-from the ocean to the gulf-the
wealth of our fairest Land is chained To
the chariot wheels of her ministers, and
is poured out to swell the pomp Of her
triumphal progress. From her heights
the merchants Of the future will watch
the busy marts and wonder AS in u dream
OF the day Of small things from which
has grown prosperity 50 imposing. AN
influence so far reaching.
From the dawning Of the future whose
dayspring is at hand. all should work in
unison to remove the vestige of a cloud
or the remnant Of the storms we have
known in the past. The business done
by our banks, railroads and steamboats,
are favorable indications which can not
be disputed-these furnish figures plain
to every eye. The good feeling enter
tanned towards Palatka by her neistsor
ing sisters give not our least cause 70
self-gratulation-the continuance of this
regard is not the least prize for which
we must strive in the future. As an
earnest soldier in this progress towards
better things. THE News viii continue to
labor zealously and fearlessly. The kind
iy appreciation with which these efforts
are received, and the words OF encour-
agement from our brothers Of the press
are among the solid pleasures which
atone for hard work and relieve weary
hours Of toll. Fire has swept over US but
failed to break our strength-the letters
OF the ice-king were poweriess to bind
our energies and ~ compensation for all
these troubles Of the past the riches of
the future will
Come from land In the sunlight deep,
where golden gardens esow.
where the wiuds Of the North becalm~d in
sleep
Their couch-sAells never blow